How To Install SDL_net on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL_net on Rocky Linux 8. SDL_net is SDL portable network library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL_net on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `SDL_net`

This is a portable network library for use with SDL.

We can use yum or dnf to install SDL_net on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install SDL_net.

Install SDL_net on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install SDL_net using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SDL_net

Install SDL_net on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install SDL_net using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SDL_net

How To Uninstall SDL_net on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the SDL_net package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove SDL_net

SDL_net Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/5dbbd3ac21028864b5af6b2a460b852de8bbf6
/usr/lib64/libSDL_net-1.2.so.0
/usr/lib64/libSDL_net-1.2.so.0.8.0
/usr/share/doc/SDL_net
/usr/share/doc/SDL_net/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/SDL_net/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/SDL_net/README

References

SDL_net website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL_net on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.